In his
book
about the orange-tiled
chain
of restaurants, Boston-area historian and author
Anthony M. Sammarco
serves up food nostalgia along with details about the business.
Beginning with the popular soda fountain in his 1925 Wollaston
drugstore,
Howard Johnson
set a high standard in pleasing the public. From Maine to Florida,
and eventually to the West Coast, the creamy ice cream in trademarked
twenty-eight flavors would become a major reason, along with a
family-friendly menu, to stop at a Howard Johnson's restaurant. And
the HoJo's waitress uniforms? Designed by the
House of Dior.

Sammarco's slide lecture draws upon the book's sixteen page color
insert and ninety photographs. Fittingly enough, the publisher is
American Palate, A Division of
The History Press.

The book will be available for purchase and autographing.

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